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North American Megadam Resistance Alliance
Protecting rivers and their communities by resisting megadams and their transmission corridors
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  • Hydropower is not renewable or clean energy
    • The dark side of Canadian hydropower exposed in U.S. International Trade Commission investigation
      • ITC investigation participants
      • Tataskweyak Cree Nation submittal to the ITC
      • Not renewable or clean energy
  • Canadian Hydropower Impacts
    • What is Hydropower?
    • Indigenous rights
      • Innu Nation of Labrador sues Hydro-Quebec for $4 B in hydro damage
      • Five First Nations oppose hydro exports to U.S.
      • Five First Nations in Quebec & Innu of Labrador oppose hydro exports
      • Pessamit Innu First Nation opposes Northern Pass transmission corridor
      • End of an era: remove dams & begin truth & reconciliation
    • Cumulative impacts on river systems, climate & forests
    • Climate Impacts
      • Greenhouse Gas Impacts
      • Myth of clean and renewable hydropower
      • Greenwashing hydropower
    • Methylmercury Poisoning
    • Canadian government subsidies
    • Ecosystem impacts
    • Water Cycles
  • New Canadian Megadams
    • Quebec – Romaine River
    • Labrador – Muskrat Falls: Commission of Inquiry
      • Muskrat Falls Inquiry
    • Labrador – Gull Island/Grand River
    • British Columbia: Site C Megadam – Webinar
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  • Transmission Corridors
    • Maine NECEC – CMP Corridor
      • Report: NECEC and CHPE transmission corridors tied to potential for more dam construction
    • New York: TDI – CHPE Corridor
      • Notice of Violations of environmental laws: CHPE & endangered sturgeon in Hudson River
      • CHPE corridor: regulatory documents
    • Vermont: TDI – NECPL Corridor
    • New Hampshire Granite State Power Link (currently on hold)
    • Vermont Green Line – on hold
    • New York Empire State Connector
    • Canada Atlantic Link
    • New Hampshire: Northern Pass (Rejected)
  • Corporate Profits
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  • Resources
    • 10 Reasons Why Large Hydropower Projects are a Climate Disaster
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  • Archives & Events
    • Webinars
      • Three-part webinar series (2021): What’s new in the campaign to save rivers and their communities?
      • 2020: Impacts of Canadian hydropower on Indigenous communities in Canada and on Maine’s environment: Sierra Club
      • 2020: The Deals Made, The Money involved and the lack of transparency in pursuit of big hydro: Sierra Club
      • 2020: Stop the Gull Island Megadam
      • New York’s CHPE/TDI corridor: social justice, climate, and New York’s pursuit of Canadian hydroelectricity – 3 parts
      • Earth Day 2020
    • Blog
      • Human Rights & U.N. DRIP Petition
      • The Northern Pass and NECEC
    • 2020 51st National Day of Mourning, Plymouth MA
    • 2020 & 2019 Conference of Northeastern Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
      • 2019 Conference of Northeastern Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
    • 2019 Northeast U.S. Speaking Tour
      • Slide Presentations from 2019 Northeast U.S. Speaking Tour
    • 2019: Ottawa: Action at International Coalition on Large Dams Annual Meeting
    • Indigenous Land and Water Defenders Arrive in Ottawa to Demand End to Large Hydro Dams
    • 2019 Grand Riverkeeper & Labrador Land Protectors Speaking Tour Spring 2019
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Spring 2021 Newsletter

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December 2020 Newsletter

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August 2020 Newsletter

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July 2020 Newsletter

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May 2020 Newsletter

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April 2020 Newsletter

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February 2020 Newsletter

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January 2020 Newsletter

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Breaking News & Updates

April 13, 2o21 – 3rd edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse, an editorial exposing false solutions to the climate crisis has been published

April 7, 2021 – Lucien Wabanonik’s message for New York on hydropower

March 25, 2021 – Spring 2021 Newsletter

March 22, 2021 – NAMRA submits comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs regarding the state’s Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2030 and Decarbonization Roadmaps’s inclusion of Canadian hydropower imports

March 3, 2021 – Important action items:

1. Demand that Massachusetts remove Canadian hydropower imports from their 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap 

2. Request that ISO New England properly account for greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian hydropower imports

February 23, 2021 – Announcing three-part 2021 webinar series featuring activists and experts who are leading the efforts to expose the myth that hydropower from megadams is “renewable and clean.”

February 7, 2021 – Hydro-Quebec has left Quebec’s First Nations behind

February 1, 2021 – Fact Sheet on Hydro-Impacted communities in Manitoba, Canada

December 16, 2020 –  December Newsletter 

December 9, 2020 – Press Release: Controversy over Blackstone’s transmission corridor for Canadian hydropower to NYC

December 3, 2020 – Export of Canadian Hydropower to the United States – First Nations in Quebec and Labrador Unit to Oppose Hydro-Quebec Project

November 26, 2020 – Land and water defenders virtually participate in 51st Annual National Day of Mourning to spread awareness of megadam destruction in Canada

November 17, 2020 – Religious Organizations Along the River (ROAR) announces their opposition to CHPE

November 9, 2020 – Letter to Hydro-Quebec CEO: Hydro-Quebec must compensate First Nations for the impacts of its projects and facilities

October 28, 2020 – Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Army Corps for Indefensible CMP Corridor Analysis

 

SmugMug Gallery

Click here to view NAMRA’s SmugMug Gallery which contains photos, maps, and descriptions of major hydro-electric facilities in Canada, Indigenous and allied resistance, and NAMRA events.

NAMRA is a broad-based ad hoc alliance of groups and individuals who care about rivers, communities and climate. We are pluralistic, a clearinghouse for information, and a forum for voices from various communities on the issue of megadams and energy policy impacts on rivers and human rights. 

We are not funded by or allied with any for-profit venture, including any that might compete with megadams in the energy marketplace. We are volunteer-led, with a volunteer coordinator. In 2019 we hired a paid staffer.  We are not a 501(c)(3), but operate with a fiscal sponsor, the Global Justice Ecology Project, an arrangement fully in compliance with IRS and non-profit governance standards and best practices.

To learn more about NAMRA’s story, click here. 

To donate to help support our work, click here.

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